Improve your Lighting for more effective 360° Photography

With a simple light you can drastically improve the quality of your 360° photography in dark environments.

Written by Tim Fuchs Updated over a week ago

Photography is often only as good as the lighting conditions allow, and 360° photography is no exception. This means that dimly-lit rooms might result in low-quality photographs unless you take additional measures. Fortunately you do not have to leave lighting to chance and can use simple but effective tools to improve your JobWalks.

Setup instructions

As you can see in the setup photo, the R-PAL light is placed in between the 360° camera (a Ricoh Theta V) and a monopod. Of course all other cameras and stands with compatible mounting standards can be used as well.

All put together, you can then continue with the capturing process as shown below. The JobWalk procedure itself does not change, but the quality of the captured materials in dark areas will drastically improve.